Shoe-lacing.



PATENTBD MAY v, 1907.

F. THUN.

SHOE LAGING. APPLIUATIDN FILED APB.29,19'05.

" Y U and. lengthwisey'atf'suc V"portionA whereby the latter'is notfonly adapted to bemore easily inserted vin Vthe shoe f eyelets', Ab utiiisalsoY kadaptedte better withstand the s trainand .wear-.towhich itis subjected 'and to present 1 STATES PATENT 'IFERDINAND THUN, 'or wYoMIssING, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIeNoR To 'TEXTILE MACHINE WORKS, 'INCORPORATED oF WYoMTssING,

PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification of Letters Patent` l' 4Applicationfilati April l*29, 1905. Serial No. 258.037-` No. s525477.

Wyomissing, in the county of Berks andV 'State'.o Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements'in Shoeacings, ofvwhich the'following is a specl'ca- My to braided I fabrics and my main object is to produce'anl 1mproved integrally formed -braid such as a' shoejlacing, which'. will have Adifferent -por-v tions thereof varied `in .texture and form lto better adapt the' article as aV whole to "itsjintended use.v Thus for low shoes where itis. desired to tie. the'ends-'of the lacing intoA an ornamental bow 'req11.ir` a considerable width of. the' ends of the acing, -I provide for'securingsuch required end width; in the first place, without V'incurril'ig the inconvenience in .service incident .to maintaining such widthf inftheV 'intermediate portion of fof material is employed' in a reduced width and length of the fabricas compared' with simultaneously cha .,=connection,withthe 'accompa andis specificallypointed out 1n t e claims.

greater width required for the bow or tie lportionf i I varying the .take-ofso as to produce at d e.

aired-portions of the braid a relatively tightcompacted structure'whereby a given amount an adjoining. portion, and'in some cases by ng'ing :the former -the blin the narrowed portion of the fabric.:

.inventionis more fully described in drawing Flgure 1 is a embodying eneral view of a shoe-lacing.

V'The desired Objectis Aattained mainly tightening or loosening the texture as ref., quired ',dring.y the-braiding operation 'by' `my invention in preferred partly .tubular-rom. Fig. 2 is an enlarged 'frag-I l mentary view including part lof Aa wide-end sHoE-LAcING.

portion and part of the. intermediate narrowed portion, and indicating va similar 'plain-braid -structure but different compactness thereof in the different portions. Fig. -3 shows a modification in'which the narrowing is edect'ed merely by vvarying thecloseness of the texture.

the intermediate portion 1` between the en .portions 22,v having the terminal tips 3 is in the Shoa-lacingshownfiii" thdawin evidently subjected to greaterstrainsand wear because of the pullthereonreqired to tightlydraw together the shoeupper .and of the friction involved in slidin itJ through the severalshoeeyelets under suc pullin strain. vIt is evidenti desirable also that suc -intermediate portion be of les'sspread orbulk than the ornamentally tied end portionboth" be-y cause of the greater fease and reduced Wear with whichit-'may in such cases be tightly drawn' through theey'elets and because 'of the .neater'av pearance' o \the` stretched lacing between t ve vamps. My. .inventionftherefore Vaime .to provideboth increased strength and we fbul:A in such intermediatejpvo lftionji` as com-- YpatatinaatMaporama 2+ tese rre-- diate .portion 1 of closer 'texture than the end portions .Q 2, 'the same number' o fthreads eingfcontinuous'ly employed 'in braiding all :.quality, anddecreasedglspreador portions o fthe fabric but said threads being materially' TIcompacted wor ti htly.'V closed .to-

gether in the intermediate ortion 1 as compared withthe end lportions 2,-2 as clearly.

. indicated in theshowings of thread crossings, kshown at Band '4 respectively'.l A

In Figs. 1 and 2 a further narrowing an stren thening of the intermediate portion 1 is e ected b y A'changing the' cross-'section thereof to a flattened tubplar form thus dou ,bling thethickness thereof .and halv-ing the widthj, compared -with the s'ilPlr-con- Vstruction shown in Fig. 3, but without changing the amount of material employed 'a given `lengthy of 'the fabric; which" alno'unt of! material is in each case considerably greater than'that'emplo ed inan equal lengtlrjfthe looselyl plaited at; end portion 2'-.?2.`

The'particul'ar meansiwhichl employ in producmg my improved antileof manufac- Ib5. ture forms' no part of thepresentfinvention and is made the subject matter of a se arate application, Serial No. 316,237, filed B' ay 11, 1906.

Then the two ends of a low-shoe lace for instance are tied into a bow, the producing of the desired ornamental effect requires that they should be made wide and be readily spread-out when tied. Strength not being required in these end portions of the lace it is apparent that both for purposes of economy in material and effectiveness in appearanceJ a loose-braided texture is most desirable. On the other hand the portion that passes through the eyelets should be dense, and closely braided so as to combine strength and neatness of appearance; and the preferred tubular cross-section of such portion is evidently best adapted to be passed through the eyelets easily; to provide the maximum of strength and minimum of Wear, and to present a neat appearance. My invention provides for attaining these advantages in a very sim le and highly satisfactory manner. i What Y claim its:h l l. As a new article of manufacture an intef grally formed braided-fabric lacing having the portion thereof intermediate of the tying.- ends compactedV crosswise and lengthwise of the fabric. I

2. As anew article of manufacture an integrally formed braided-fabric lacing having relatively Wide tying-end portions provided With terminal tips and narrowed intermediate portion for engaging the shoe eyelets.

As a new article of manufacture an inte grally formed braided-fabric lacing having relatively Wide fiat tying-end portions provided with terminal tips and a narrowed tubular intermediate portion for engaging the shoe eyelets.

4. fAs a new article of manufacture an integrally formed braided-fabric lacing having relatively Wide and loosely-braided fiat tyingend portions and a tubular tighter-braided intermediate portion foi` engaging the shoe eyelets.

5. As a new article of manufacture an integrally formed braided-fabric the braiding of the intermediate portion of which differs in tightness crosswise and lengthwise from that of the end portions.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature,

in' the presence of two witnesses:

FERDINAND THUN.

.Witnesses:

D. M. STEWART, W. G. STEWART DISCLAIMER- 852,747.-]1"w'dvfnand T/mn, Wyornissing, Pa. SHoE-LACING. Patentdated May 7, 1907. Disclaimer tiled December 1l, 1914, by The Narrow FIL/5MG On., assignee, hy nlesne assignments.

Enters this dieelaimer- To that part of the claim in to Wit:

2. As a new article of manufacture an integrally formed braided-fabric lacing having relatively wide tying-end portions provided with terminal tipe and narrowed intermediate portion for engaging the shoe eyelets.

3. As a new article of manufacture an integrally formed braided-fabric lacing having relatively wide fiat tying-end portions provided with terminal tips and a narrowed tubular intermediate portion for engaging the shoe eylets.

said specification which is in the following words, 

